Scholarships

Several scholarships are available to incoming IESE students. IESE scholarship applications should be completed and submitted within the MBA application form to the Admissions Department.

IESE Trust Scholarships

The IESE Trust awards 20 to 30 scholarships to students with outstanding academic records, excellent professional experience and personal merit. The scholarships cover 25% or 50% of tuition fees. Please note that living expenses are not covered by any of the scholarships. The Trust Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee.

Forté Fellowships are open to all female applicants. Candidates should exhibit exemplary leadership through academic, team, community and creative leadership. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to women and represent diverse educational and work backgrounds, career goals, ethnicities and citizenship. The max. amount of the scholarship is one year´s tuition fees.

Scholarships for Students from Developing Countries

The MBA program welcomes professionals from developing economies. These scholarships support outstanding candidates who live and work in a developing country.

Scholarships for Women

IESE is committed to increasing the number of women leaders in business. These scholarships support women with a track record of outstanding professional accomplishment.

Scholarship for Students with Children

IESE welcomes students with families and grants scholarships for students who, in the opinion of the Scholarship Committee, deserve financial aid.

IESE Alumni Association Scholarships

The IESE Alumni Association awards five scholarships covering up to 50% of tuition fees for the first and second year of the MBA program. These scholarships are for future MBA students who have demonstrated exceptional work experience and personal merit.

Excellence Scholarship

Scholarships will be awarded to those students who demonstrate academic merits together with a brilliant professional background.

Woman Talent Scholarship

Scholarships available to women with a high leadership potential.

Entrepreneurship Scholarship

Scholarships will be awarded to entrepreneurship students who have launched or are launching a new business.

For more information visit the Executive MBA Financial Aid page.

IESE Business School’s mission is to help develop outstanding business leaders across the world. IESE offers a range of scholarships for the Global Executive MBA program to managers, executives and entrepreneurs who have demonstrated the potential to make a positive impact on the global business community.

IESE is particularly interested in contributing to the development of:

entrepreneurs and innovators who can create economic and social value

women who lead and inspire

public sector leaders who contribute to shaping society

business leaders in growth markets with the skills and expertise to grow their companies
senior executives of global organizations who seek to fulfill their real potential in leadership positions.

Guidelines

As a prerequisite, scholarship applicants must have already been admitted to the IESE Global Executive MBA Program. On admission, eligible candidates will be invited to apply for the scholarship of their choice.

Key rules:

Admitted candidates who are fully or partially sponsored by their companies will not be eligible for scholarships.

Applications can only be submitted for one specific scholarship.

Although admission to the program is deferrable, scholarships are not.

Jury

The jurors are made up of globally renowned business leaders who collaborate actively with IESE.They will base their decisions on the candidate's:

academic merit

leadership experience

impact on his/her company and society

admissions interview evaluation

In addition to IESE Scholarships, many students finance their studies through scholarship programs funded and administered by external organizations. Though IESE does not administer or select for these organizations, we are ready to support students in any aspects of their application process. Some foundations also rely on IESE to carry out an initial screening of candidates.